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J.T. Poston hit within the water and made a pricey triple bogey on the ultimate gap of the 3M Open — however he does not remorse it one bit.
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The 72nd gap of the 3M Open was fairly pricey for J.T. Poston.
Poston, a two-time PGA Tour winner, arrived on the par-5 18th gap three strokes behind his enjoying associate Lee Hodges. With three strokes between himself and the chief, his probabilities of successful the occasion have been slim — however that didn’t imply he wasn’t going to go down swinging.
After Hodges hit his ball into the left tough, Poston stepped to the tee and flared his ball to the proper, contained in the hazard line bit nonetheless exterior the water. With 220 yards to the outlet, Poston opted to not lay up and as an alternative took lifeless goal on the flag.
The shot by no means had an opportunity. With the ball beneath his ft, Poston’s shot got here out low, failing to hold the water and bouncing off the rocks lining the shoreline.
With a three-stroke cushion between himself and the duo in third place, Poston may afford to drop a pair photographs and nonetheless keep his runner-up end. However after the water ball, Poston dedicated a cardinal sin and adopted on mistake with one other.
After his drop, Poston laid up simply inside 100 yards, needing to hit his wedge on the inexperienced and two putt for a solo second end. Nevertheless, his wedge into the inexperienced got here up wanting the inexperienced. He then took three putts to get dwelling, tapping in for a triple-bogey 8 that dropped him right into a three-way tie for second.
With a solo second end, Poston would have earned $850,000. However with the three-way tie for second, his earnings have been lowered to $590,200 — a distinction of practically $260,000.
However that doesn’t imply Poston has any regrets for the way the ultimate gap performed out.
“On the finish of the day it’s not the best way I wished to finish, however I needed to attempt to give it a shot and see if there was a way I may make 3 there on the finish and put some stress on Lee,” Poston stated. “It was a shot that was going to be arduous to tug off, however we weren’t enjoying for second place. I needed to give it a shot.”
The T2 end is Poston’s greatest on the PGA Tour this season, and his greatest end since successful the John Deere Traditional final summer time.
“On the finish of the day we have been attempting to do one thing particular and attempt to win,” he stated. “I wouldn’t wish to be sleeping tonight questioning “what if” if I had simply laid it up as an alternative of attempting to go for it. No regrets on the choice. You realize, tried to do what we may to win.”
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